Add Fedora RPM packaging (spec + systemd unit)

[jboero]

Hi @joske! 👋 Adds Fedora/RPM packaging under packaging/ so yserver can be built and distributed as RPMs (and on COPR for every arch). Everything lives in its own directory and changes nothing in the build or source tree.

What's here

• packaging/yserver.spec — builds both binaries (yserver standalone DRM/KMS + ynest nested). BuildRequires/Requires are mapped from the CI's Debian deps to arch-neutral Fedora package names, so COPR can build every chroot/arch with no %ifarch guards:
  • glslc for the build.rs GLSL→SPIR-V step
  • libseat/libxshmfence/libxkbcommon/libinput/fontconfig/freetype/systemd(-devel)
  • vulkan-loader required explicitly because ash dlopen()s libvulkan.so.1 at runtime (invisible to RPM's ELF dep generator); mesa-vulkan-drivers as a Recommends.
• packaging/yserver@.service + yserver-session — a systemd template unit for standalone/kiosk use on a VT, with a launcher that mirrors just startx (waits for the X socket, runs the session, tears down on exit).
• packaging/yserver.sysconfig — /etc/sysconfig/yserver to set the session command / extra args.
• packaging/lightdm-99-yserver.conf — example lightdm drop-in (the documented graphical-login path from the README).

Notes for you

• License: the spec uses License: MIT to match the shipped LICENSE file. Heads-up that the workspace Cargo.toml currently declares GPL-3.0-only — worth reconciling one way or the other.
• COPR networking: cargo fetches crates during %build, so the COPR project needs "Enable internet access during builds" ticked. The spec header documents this and sketches a cargo vendor + --offline alternative if you'd prefer hermetic builds.
• Verified the spec parses (rpmspec -P) and builds an SRPM cleanly. A full rpmbuild -ba was not run to completion here (it compiles the whole tree), so a real COPR/mock build is the next checkpoint.

Happy to adjust naming, paths, or split per your preferences — thanks for building yserver! 🙏

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[jboero]

Thanks @joske for pursuing this. I've had enough of Wayland mafia claiming basic features like multi-user headless terminal servers and Compiz are obsolete and insecure. I used to do RPM packaging and COPR build automation for a few orgs and this is super helpful for me. Feel free to take it or I'll keep it outside the project if needed.

[joske]

Thanks for this, but I'm not sure this repo is the right place to maintain distro specific packaging. I'll think about it.

[oleid]

@joske If you don't want distribution specific packaging, maybe using cargo-deb and cargo-rpm are a suitable middle ground, as used here:

https://github.com/niri-wm/niri/blob/main/Cargo.toml#L167

[jboero]

Thanks for this, but I'm not sure this repo is the right place to maintain distro specific packaging. I'll think about it.

Understandable. At least it's here now. Is it OK if I host these RPMs in my public repos for Fedora, *EL, Amazon Linux, Oracle Linux, etc?

[BergmannAtmet]

Understandable. At least it's here now. Is it OK if I host these RPMs in my public repos for Fedora, *EL, Amazon Linux, Oracle Linux, etc?

you don't need permission

[joske]

@jboero No worries, this is open source.